Article: New opportunities in cheese packaging.(New Products & Marketing: PACKAGING POINTS)

First there was scissors, then the press-to-close zipper, and now the "slider" zipper is commonplace for shredded cheese. There are press-to-close zippers on some chunk cheeses, but most of these are difficult to use--the slider zipper on chunk would improve the experience!

Grated parmesan has moved from convolute/ spiral wound containers to clear PET plastic containers with easy-to-use individual and recipe closure features. String cheese is often in easy peel flexible structures and processed cheese slices are in easy open-tear strip packages with individually wrapped slices for ease of use.

I was a part of the Kraft team back in the late 1980s that ...

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